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From: olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson)
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Subject: Re: Reboot Key sequence
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Date: 30 Apr 91 00:23:41 GMT
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In <1991Apr29.124821@ncd18a.cs.Virginia.EDU> ih3e@ncd18a.cs.Virginia.EDU (Jan Hoenisch) writes:

| Is there a reboot key sequence such that for example when a machine locks up I
| can press a couple of keys instead of hitting the reset button?

No.

There is a sequence that will terminate all graphics processes.  Pressing the
left ctrl and shift keys at the same time as the f12 and keypad / keys will
terminate all the graphics.  This may not exist in 4.0, or may have a
different key sequence, I'm not sure yet.
--

	Dave Olson

Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.